Building a Healthier Chicago BHC

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Building a Healthier Chicago Worksite Wellness
Committee June 9, 2009
www.healthierchicago.org
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Agenda Facilitators

• Welcome and Introductions - Dr. Diane
  StephensonFederal Occupational Health, BHC WWC
  Co-Chair
• BHC Overview - Ms. Liz B. JarvisBHC Project
  Coordinator
• Committee Overview - Ms. Debra SienaProactive
  Partners, A Division of TCA Holdings LLC, BHC WWC
  Co-Chair
• Wellness Assessment Tool Overview - Ms. Cheryl
  LarsonMidwest Business Group on Health
• Small Group Discussion
• Report Back Next Steps
• Thank you to Ms. Erica Wandtke, BSDI.
• Committee Coordinator - Ms. Lesley J. CraigBHC
  Project Coordinator, WWC Coordinator,
  lesley.craig_at_hhs.gov

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OVERVIEW Building a Healthier Chicago
Our VISION is integrated, effective and sustained
community-wide partnerships for health promotion
that can be replicated nationwide. Our GOAL is
to improve the health of Chicagos residents and
employees through the integration of existing and
new public health, medicine and community health
promotion activities. Website
www.healthierchicago.org
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OVERVIEW BHC Committees Advisory Boards

• COMMITTEES
• Academic Partnerships
• Age 50
• GIS (Geographic Information
• Systems)
• Metrics
• Schools and Youth
• Worksite Wellness
• Community Outreach and
• Support

• ADVISORY BOARDS
• Physician Advisory Board
• CEO Advisory Board
• Student Advisory Board
• Nurse Advisory Board

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OVERVIEW Upcoming BHC Projects

• Stakeholder Analysis
• Wellness Program Mentoring
• Combined Federal Wellness Campaign
• All-Stakeholders Meeting
• July 31, 2009 Union League Club of Chicago
• April 10 Meeting Report is posted in Events
  section of www.healthierchicago.org
• WWC Meeting August 11, 2009 3pm (conf call)
• BHC Focus Community
• BHC Conference
• April 7-8, 2010 Hyatt Regency Chicago

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OVERVIEW BHC Stakeholders

• Aadman Total Wellness Worldwide
• AARP
• Active Transportation Alliance
• ACSM American Fitness Index
• American Academy of Pediatrics - Illinois Chapter
• American College of Sports Medicine
• American Diabetes Association
• American Dietetic Association
• American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate
• American Lung Association of Illinois - Greater
• Chicago
• American Medical Association
• The Ballast Group, LLC
• BlueCross BlueShield Association
• BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois
• BSDI
• Center on Management and Prevention of Obesity
• The CHEST Foundation Dr. Allen Goldberg
• Chicago Community Oral Health Forum

• Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children
• Depaul University Department of Campus
• Recreation
• Dynamic Wellness
• Erie Family Health Center
• Execufit
• Exercise is Medicine
• Foundation for Education and Musculoskeletal
• Research
• HealthConnectOne
• Healthy Dining/ HealthyDiningFinder.com
• Home Access Health
• I Want to Walk the Talk
• Illinois Public Health Institute
• Inner Link
• Jefferson Awards for Public Service
• Legacy 12
• Meeker-Magner Risk Management
• Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council

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OVERVIEW BHC Stakeholders

• University of Illinois at Chicago - School of
  Public Health
• University of Chicago Medical Center
• University of Chicago Medical Center - Center for
  Community Health and Vitality
• U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
• - Federal Occupational Health
• - Office of the Regional Health Administrator
• Region V
• - Office on Women's Health - Region V
• U.S. Dept of Veteran's Affairs - Jesse Brown VA
• Medical Center
• Westside Health Authority
• WiseHealth, Inc
• World Resources Chicago
• YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

• Native American Indian Center of Chicago
• Northwestern Parkinson's Disease and Movement
  Disorders Center
• Organic You
• PlayerBest
• Proactive Partners, A Division of TCA
• Holdings LLC
• Ranjana's Indian Cooking Classes
• Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan
  Chicago
• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of
  Northwestern University
• Rosenthal Clinic and American Back Center
• Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center
• Rush Health Associates
• Rush University - College of Health Sciences
• Saint Xavier University School of Nursing
• The Salvation Army
• Shaping America's Health
• Sister to Sister The Women's Heart Health
  Foundation
• Stakeholders Collaboration to Improve Student
  Health
• Students in Action - Celebrate Service

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OVERVIEW BHC Worksite Wellness Committee

• Committee MISSION
• The Building a Healthier Chicago Worksite
  Wellness Committee strives to support Chicagoland
  employers in improving the health and
  productivity of their populations
• Committee OBJECTIVES
• Educate Chicagoland employers of the BHC
  initiative to promote physical activity, healthy
  eating, and detection, prevention, and control
  of high blood pressure
• Identify and share current best practices for
  worksite wellness
• Identify resources, tools, and implementation
  strategies to support worksite wellness
  programs
• Recognize and support the efforts of employer
• participants in worksite wellness activities

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OVERVIEW WWC Members

• 46 Committee Members
• 36 Organizations Represented
• 13 vendors / worksite wellness program providers
  support
• 11 organizations
• 8 Federal Agencies/Offices
• 2 Employers
• 2 Health Plans

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OVERVIEW WWC Projects

• Worksite Wellness Assessment Tool
• Building a Healthier Chicago Awards Recognition
• Worksite Wellness Toolkit
• Summer Student Worker
• How you can help! Summer/Fall Section Review
• Kick-Off Event
• Toolkit Trainings

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WWC Assessment Tool - History

• Recognize that employers are
• Key component of BHC initiative representing
  majority of Chicago-area workforce population
• Uniquely qualified to impact the health of
  employees, dependents and retirees
• Recognize and reward employers of all sizes for
  best practices in prevention, wellness and health
  management
• Reach majority of employers Two versions of
  Assessment Tool to reward
• Companies with minimal wellness programming or
  beginners, as a way to recognize efforts and
  provide gap analysis
• Companies with mature and comprehensive
• programs as a way to recognize efforts and share
  
• best practices with other companies

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WWC Assessment Tool

• Initial research conducted on
• National, state and city efforts in
  prevention/wellness
• Employer best practices and case studies
• Industry assessment tools
• Industry web sites, programs, benchmarks
• Assessment Tool features six (6) sections

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WWC Assessment Tool

• Section 1
• Collect Organization Demographic Information
• Demographics
• Nature of Business
• Employee Job Type
• Employee Population Size

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WWC Assessment Tool

• Section 2
• Secure Senior Management Leadership Commitment
  Support
• Are health promotion initiatives part of the
  organization's strategic priorities
• Does senior leadership understand the
  relationship between employee health,
  productivity and economic value
• Is senior leadership engaged and do they
  participate in programs
• Are other stakeholders engaged (e.g. HR,
  benefits, marketing depts.)

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WWC Assessment Tool

• Section 3
• Wellness Program Composition Objectives
• Worksite wellness committee structure
• Staff support
• Communications
• Culture of Health / Employee perceptions
• Identifying and setting specific priorities for
  wellness programming

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WWC Assessment Tool

• Section 4
• Design Optimal Wellness Program
• Program offerings
• Interventions
• Benefit plan design
• Health risk appraisal
• Incentives
• Policies and procedures
• Timeline and budget

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WWC Assessment Tool

• Section 5
• Implement Targeted Interventions
• Types of program
• interventions

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WWC Assessment Tool

• Section 6
• Data Management
• What data is collected
• What are cost savings and return on investment
• Do you benchmark against other employers
• How do you use the data

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WWC Assessment Tool

• Section 7
• Program Outcomes Evaluation
• Formal evaluation process
• Goals and objectives
• Monitoring employee satisfaction
• Frequency, duration, and type of participation
• Comprehensive data analysis and report results

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WWC - Small Group Discussion

• Facilitation Questions
• How do we market the Worksite Wellness
  Assessment?
• What title should we use for it?
• How can this tool benefit your organization?
• How can we, working together, design these pieces
  to meet your needs for use with your company,
  your clients/customers, other
• How do we engage employers to use this resource?
• How do we engage more employers to become
• involved in BHC?

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Report Back
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Thank You

• Please contact Lesley with any questions or
  comments.
• Phone [phone]
• Email lesley.craig_at_hhs.gov
• Website www.healthierchicago.org